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Table 4. Total and federally financed R&D expenditures at federally funded research and development centers, by type of R&D and FFRDC: FY 2015

(Dollars in thousands)

FFRDC Sponsor Location Total Federally financed
All R&D expenditures Basic research Applied research Development All R&D expenditures Basic research Applied research Development
All FFRDCs 18,458,257 4,118,853 7,267,053 7,072,351 18,097,189 4,036,174 7,093,411 6,967,604
University-administered FFRDCs 5,483,466 2,119,635 1,489,891 1,873,940 5,359,379 2,050,850 1,457,050 1,851,479
Ames Laboratory DOE Ames, IA 45,845 39,646 5,273 926 44,934 39,104 4,964 866
Argonne National Laboratory DOE Argonne, IL 719,521 314,036 201,879 203,606 689,200 299,029 194,834 195,337
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory DOE Batavia, IL 319,700 319,700 0 0 318,801 318,801 0 0
Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA Pasadena, CA 1,749,689 174,969 174,969 1,399,751 1,749,689 174,969 174,969 1,399,751
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory DOE Berkeley, CA 792,457 559,750 232,373 334 741,212 524,870 216,021 321
Lincoln Laboratory DOD, OSD Lexington, MA 914,071 941 828,877 84,253 908,790 941 828,877 78,972
National Center for Atmospheric Research NSF Boulder, CO 166,385 68,117 30,515 67,753 148,641 65,913 23,115 59,613
National Optical Astronomy Observatory NSF Tucson, AZ 23,660 23,660 0 0 20,902 20,902 0 0
National Radio Astronomy Observatory NSF Charlottesville, VA 89,689 84,677 808 4,204 87,832 83,105 768 3,959
National Solar Observatory NSF Sunspot, NM 11,752 11,752 0 0 11,232 11,232 0 0
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory DOE Princeton, NJ 81,348 81,348 0 0 80,819 80,819 0 0
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory DOE Menlo Park, CA 310,167 304,780 5,387 0 301,591 297,899 3,692 0
Software Engineering Institute DOD, OSD Pittsburgh, PA 131,146 8,223 9,810 113,113 130,693 8,223 9,810 112,660
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility DOE Newport News, VA 128,036 128,036 0 0 125,043 125,043 0 0
Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs 6,117,165 1,424,067 1,637,983 3,055,115 6,019,857 1,416,401 1,594,343 3,009,113
Aerospace Federally Funded Research and Development Center DOD, Air Force El Segundo, CA 888,119 16,665 58,609 812,845 883,723 16,445 54,433 812,845
Arroyo Center DOD, Army Santa Monica, CA 40,594 0 40,594 0 40,594 0 40,594 0
Brookhaven National Laboratory DOE Upton, NY 587,194 449,290 69,971 67,933 573,440 445,034 66,744 61,662
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development DOT, FAA McLean, VA 155,696 3,526 26,059 126,111 136,651 3,491 25,749 107,411
Center for Communications and Computing DOD, NSA/CSS Alexandria, VA 56,478 14,119 28,240 14,119 56,478 14,119 28,240 14,119
Center for Enterprise Modernization Treasury/IRS, VA McLean, VA 145,442 370 9,629 135,443 145,442 370 9,629 135,443
Center for Naval Analysesa DOD, Navy Alexandria, VA 80,358 0 i 80,358 i 0 i 80,358 0 i 80,358 i 0 i
Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses NRC San Antonio, TX 12,636 0 12,636 0 11,453 0 11,453 0
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare HHS, CMS Baltimore, MD 168,142 211 7,220 160,711 168,142 211 7,220 160,711
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute DHS, S&T Arlington, VA 16,965 0 16,965 0 16,965 0 16,965 0
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute DHS, S&T McLean, VA 77,176 137 2,507 74,532 77,176 137 2,507 74,532
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center DHS Frederick, MD 30,716 0 30,716 0 30,716 0 30,716 0
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence NIST Rockville, MD 7,843 18 162 7,663 7,843 18 162 7,663
National Defense Research Institute DOD, OSD Santa Monica, CA 56,736 0 56,736 0 56,736 0 56,736 0
National Renewable Energy Laboratory DOE Golden, CO 378,436 18,134 94,677 265,625 356,289 17,027 89,140 250,122
National Security Engineering Center DOD,OSD Bedford, MA/McLean, VA 919,441 20,033 107,516 791,892 919,441 20,033 107,516 791,892
Oak Ridge National Laboratory DOE Oak Ridge, TN 1,333,332 679,958 653,374 0 1,305,338 679,958 625,380 0
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory DOE Richland, WA 951,099 221,606 131,252 598,241 942,310 219,558 130,039 592,713
Project Air Force DOD, Air Force Santa Monica, CA 44,393 0 44,393 0 44,393 0 44,393 0
Science and Technology Policy Institute NSF Washington, DC 8,724 0 8,724 0 8,724 0 8,724 0
Systems and Analyses Center DOD, OSD Alexandria, VA 157,645 0 157,645 0 157,645 0 157,645 0
Industry-administered FFRDCs 6,857,626 575,151 4,139,179 2,143,296 6,717,953 568,923 4,042,018 2,107,012
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research HHS, NIH Frederick, MD 495,300 53,500 441,800 0 495,300 53,500 441,800 0
Idaho National Laboratory DOE Idaho Falls, ID 476,376 28,582 252,480 195,314 457,192 27,431 242,312 187,449
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center U.S. Courts McLean, VA 4,318 11 565 3,742 4,318 11 565 3,742
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory DOE Livermore, CA 1,273,066 203,521 943,710 125,835 1,223,676 200,924 896,917 125,835
Los Alamos National Laboratory DOE Los Alamos, NM 1,865,000 149,200 1,697,150 18,650 1,834,000 146,720 1,668,940 18,340
Sandia National Laboratories DOE Albuquerque, NM 2,621,891 134,253 742,637 1,745,001 2,581,792 134,253 730,647 1,716,892
Savannah River National Laboratory DOE Aiken, SC 121,675 6,084 60,837 54,754 121,675 6,084 60,837 54,754
i = imputed.
CMS = Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; DHS = Department of Homeland Security; DOT = Department of Transportation; FFRDC = federally funded research and development center;  FAA = Federal Aviation Administration; HHS = Health and Human Services; IRS = Internal Revenue Service; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NIH = National Institutes of Health; NIST = National Institute of Standards and Technology; NSF = National Science Foundation; NSA/CSS = National Security Agency/Central Security Service; NRC = Nuclear Regulatory Commission; OSD = Office of the Secretary of Defense; S&T = Science and Technology Directorate; VA = Department of Veterans Affairs.
a Type of R&D of work distribution not provided by the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). To correct for nonresponse, NSF allocated all expenditures to applied research based on a review of CNA's publicly available research portfolio.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, FFRDC Research and Development Survey, FY 2015.